2024 ACCUPLACER PRACTICE
EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Jane and Paul are busy for 15 hours a day, 5 days a week going to college
and working in a restaurant. They go to sleep at 11 p.m. every day, but on
Sunday they take part in dance lessons.
According to the passage, Jane and Paul spend most of their time
A) at home
B) going to college and working
C) taking parts in dance lessons
D) sleeping - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
SENTENCE SKILLS1
The baby was obviously getting too --hot, then Sam did-- what he could to
cool her.
A) hot, then Sam did
B) hot. Sam did
C) hot; Sam, therefore, did
D) hot; Sam trying to do - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
People have different ways of learning. Some are better at making mental
pictures of new ideas. Others are more comfortable with writing lists of
things to memorize. Certain people can learn best when listening to music,
while others need silence to concentrate.
Which if the following is the main idea of the passage?
A) Mental pictures help many to learn.
B) Some people prefer lists to making mental pictures.
C) To learn well you need to be comfortable.
D) Different individuals have different ways of acquiring information. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-D
Before giving first aid to an accident victim, you should obtain his or her
consent. Asking for consent takes a simple question. Say to the victim, "I
know first aid, and I can help you until an ambulance arrives. Is that okay?"
"Asking for consent" means asking for
A) permission to help the victim
B) thanks from the victim
,C) help from onlookers
D) information about the victim's injuries - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
SENTENCE SKILLS2
She hoped to find a new --job. One that-- would let her earn money during
the school year.
A) job. One that
B) job. The kind that
C) job, one that
D) job, so that it - CORRECT ANSWERS-C
SENTENCE SKILLS3
--Knocked sideways, the statue looked-- as if it would fall.
A) Knocked sideways, the statue looked
B) The statue was knocked sideways, looked
C) The statue looked knocked sideways
D) The statue, looking knocked sideways, - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
SENTENCE SKILLS4
--To walk, biking, and driving-- are Pat's favorite ways of getting around.
A) To walk, biking, and driving
B) Walking, biking, and driving
C) To walk, biking, and to drive
D) To walk, to bike, and also driving - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
SENTENCE SKILLS5
--When you cross the street in the midle of the block, this-- is an example of
jaywalking.
A) When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this
B) You cross the street in the middle of the block, this
C) Crossing the street in the middle of the block
D) The fact that you cross the street in the middle of the block - CORRECT
ANSWERS-C
SENTENCE SKILLS6
Walking by the corner the other day, --a child, I noticed, was watching-- for
the light to change.
A) a child, I noticed, was
B) I noticed a child watching
C) a child was watching, I noticed,
D) there was, I noticed, a child watching - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
SENTENCE SKILLS7
In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine.
Rewrite, beginning with
--Melody and lyrics--
, Your new sentence will include
A) Gordon Lightfoot has
B) make Gordon Lightfoot's
C) in Gordon Lightfoot's
D) does Gordon Lightfood - CORRECT ANSWERS-C
SENTENCE SKILLS8
It is easy to carry solid objects without spilling them, but the same cannot be
said of liquids.
Rewrite beginning with
--Unlike liquids,--
The next words will be
A) it is easy to
B) we can easily
C) solid objects can easily be
D) solid objects are easy to be - CORRECT ANSWERS-C
SENTENCE SKILLS9
Excited children ran toward the loud music, and they told others about the
ice cream truck outside.
Rewrite beginning with
--The excited children, who had run toward the loud...--
The next words will be
A) music, they told
B) music told
C) music, telling
D) music and had told - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
SENTENCE SKILLS10
If he had enough strength, Todd would move the boulder.
Rewrite, the beginning with
--Todd cannot move the boulder...--
The next words will be
A) when lacking
B) because he
C) although there
D) without enough - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
SENTENCE SKILLS11
The band began to play, and then the real party started.
Rewrite the beginning with
--The real party started...--
The next words will be
A) after the band began
B) and the band began
C) although the band began